ThunderRidge quarterback Brody Westmoreland (17) went up the middle with the ball in the first quarter. The Regis Jesuit High School football team hosted ThunderRidge Friday night, September 27, 2013. (Photo By Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

It was not a good day to be No. 1.

The top-ranked teams in the CHSAANow.com 5A, 4A and 3A football polls all fell tonight.

No. 9 Regis Jesuit took down No. 1 ThunderRidge 35-12 in 5A action. In Class 4A, No. 2 Montrose (6-0) came back from a 21-0 deficit to win 39-34 over No. 1 Monarch (3-1). Senior RB Angelo Youngren scored on a one-yard TD with 37 seconds left to play to give Montrose the lead for good. Silver Creek (3-1), the top-ranked team in 3A, was upset 31-28 by Frederick (2-2) on a 30-yard field goal by sophomore Dalton Nelson.

No. 2 Valor Christian, which looks to be No. 1 next week, won 40-0 over Fountain-Fort Carson. Senior RB Christian McCaffrey led the way with 196 yards rushing, 68 yards receiving and 4 TDs.

In 4A, Pueblo Centennial outlasted Canon City in a wild game, winning 51-50 in overtime. No. 6 Montbello continues to knock off ranked opponents by beating No. 5 Wheat Ridge 20-0. The Warriors (5-0) will next face No. 7 Standley Lake. Speaking of the Gators, they won 28-0 over Green Mountain to improve to 5-0.

No. 7 Holy Family rebounded from its loss to Silver Creek last week to win 48-20 over Berthoud. No. 8 Discovery Canyon won 23-16 over The Classical Academy.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.